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Headline: Iggy Pop's Blue Ferrari Sells For Twice Auction Estimate

Caption: A rare Chiaro Blue 1984 Ferrari 308 GTS QV, owned by Iggy Pop between 1998 and 2002, sold Wednesday (16 Sep) for £40,000 to a British buyer - at twice its low estimate of £20,000. The former Stooges frontman’s vehicle was sold by H&H Classics. Paperwork indicates that it was bought by ‘The Godfather of Punk’, real name James Newell Osterberg Jr., shortly after he moved to Miami. Iggy mentioned the car in a later interview with GQ mag: "It was a wonderful car. Whenever I wanted to blow off steam, I'd just race around the freeways here. Whatever you did, it instantly did, whereas the newer ones they have the computer to help you. I drove the shit outta that car. Then I thought something terrible’s gonna happen, so I got rid of it.” UK auction company H&H Classics will offer the vehicle as part of their September 16th live auction online, with an estimate of £20,000 to £30,000. Passing through the hands of fellow Floridians Earl Sistrunk and Kostas Dino Linardakis thereafter, the latter took to ferrarichat.com on October 29th 2017 to confirm the 308’s provenance: "It was indeed owned by Iggy Pop (James Osterberg Jr). My mechanic in Ft Lauderdale (Tim Stanford Foreign Cars – the best Ferrari mechanic around) used to service the car when Iggy owned it, and then it was brought to Naples, where I purchased it from the third owner. It came back to the Ft Lauderdale area where I live, and when Tim saw the car he instantly recalled it and told me of its past.” Damian Jones of H&H Classics says: “A decidedly inexpensive entry to Ferrari ownership with a fascinating back story. What’s not to love especially if you have a ‘Lust for Life’?”

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